PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Misha Collins (ranked 2244 p4p, 2317 weight class) and Takumi Sagaki (ranked 119 p4p, 121 weight class). Sagaki has chosen One Piece - AMV - We Are! (Full Song) as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Collins
vs
Sagaki

167 cm
39
148
32 - 27 - 1

172 cm
31
147
17 - 7 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ Red Belt
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Urban Fighter

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 32 - 27 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Misha Collins!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Takumi Sagaki!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Jack Bonds and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Collins swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Collins throws a body punch but Sagaki moves out of range.
Collins misses with an uppercut.
Sagaki feints the counter takedown.

Sagaki drives through with a takedown into guard.
Sagaki stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Collins swivels though and keeps the full guard.

Collins looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Collins keeping full guard, as Sagaki tries to pass.
Sagaki trying to control but Collins is working from the bottom.
Sagaki looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Collins is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Sagaki scoring with punches to the head and body.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Collins throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Sagaki working some strikes from top position.
Collins tries to land a sweep but no joy.

Collins is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Sagaki defends well.

Collins is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Sagaki scoring with some ground and pound.
Sagaki throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Collins works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Sagaki forces his way into half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Collins looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Sagaki prevents Collins from improving his position.
Sagaki has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.

Collins looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.

Collins looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Collins makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Collins.
Sagaki with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Collins keeping moving, preventing Sagaki from controlling successfully.

Collins looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.

Sagaki thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Sagaki works over Collins with some ground and pound from guard.

Collins isolates an arm and boxes in a triangle. Sagaki stacks Collins on his neck as he steps over and passes to the side. He's now in a much more dominant position where he can look to do some serious damage. Nice move by Sagaki!
Sagaki scoring with punches and elbows.
Collins on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Collins is positioning himself to get back to half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Collins takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Collins is looking to slip a leg under and get half guard but Sagaki is one step ahead and moves to full mount!
Collins tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Sagaki cracks Collins with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Sagaki trying to control but Collins is having none of it.
Sagaki unloading with bombs!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Takumi Sagaki dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Sagaki uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Collins.
Sagaki throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.

Sagaki closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Collins is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Sagaki's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Sagaki's back!
Sagaki wriggles onto his back under a barage of strikes.
Collins working Sagaki over with strikes here.
Sagaki tries to lock up and control but Collins gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Takumi Sagaki has got the better of the ground game so far.
Collins lands a nice shot to the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Collins working the ground and pound effectively.
Collins lands with some strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Collins lands with some strikes.
Collins in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Collins punishing his opponent with strikes.
Sagaki is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Collins landing strikes from the mount and Sagaki is in trouble!
Collins controlling from the full mount.
Collins putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Sagaki sneaks a leg back under and regains half guard and is working straight away to try and get back to guard. He hasn't managed just yet though.
Collins missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Sagaki slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Collins is looking to work some ground and pound but Sagaki has wrist control.
Sagaki keeping moving, preventing Collins from controlling successfully.
Collins postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Collins wants to control from the top but Sagaki keeps moving.
Collins throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Collins postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Sagaki has his hands on Collins's head, controlling the position.
Sagaki can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Collins controls the pace.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sagaki working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Collins.
Collins content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Collins stands and throws Sagaki's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Sagaki is looking to regain half guard here but Collins keeps moving and retains side control.
Collins lands some shots froms side control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
You can see the frustration on Sagaki's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Collins tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Collins trying to control the action but Sagaki is working from the bottom.
Sagaki struggling a bit here.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Collins creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Misha Collins dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Collins defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Sagaki.
Collins misses with a wild body shot.
Sagaki drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Collins defends it well.
Sagaki tries a head kick but it misses.
Sagaki slips under a jab from Collins.
Sagaki with the counter takedown but Collins avoids it easily.
Collins fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Sagaki manages to avoid it.
Collins misses with a wild body shot.
Sagaki tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Collins throws a sloppy body shot

and Sagaki counters with a nice double leg into side control. Collins won't be happy with that.
Collins tries to bench press Sagaki off him but Sagaki keeps the position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sagaki landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Collins tries to slip a leg under to move to half guard but Sagaki presses down on the leg and jumps into full mount!
The referee warns Collins that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Collins gets back to half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Sagaki is looking for a kimura but Collins is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Sagaki to get the leverage.

Sagaki is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.

Collins looking for submissions off his back.

Sagaki is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Collins defends it well.

Collins looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Sagaki looks to score some points with some ground and pound.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sagaki is trying to control the action in half guard but Collins is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Collins tries to get to full guard but Sagaki has control of the leg.

Collins is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Sagaki pulls his head out easily.
Sagaki passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Collins!
Collins taking shots to the head.
Sagaki scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Collins tries to hold on but Sagaki postures up.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Collins bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Sagaki throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Collins looking to sit in guard and control but Sagaki gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

Collins is looking to sweep but instead, Sagaki has passed into half guard.
Sagaki scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Collins is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Sagaki lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Collins trying to control from the bottom.

Sagaki looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Collins is looking to improve his position.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.

Collins is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Sagaki pulls his head out easily.
Sagaki wants to take a breather but Collins is having none of it.

And that's the end of the fight!
Takumi Sagaki comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Sagaki has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 28:29
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 28:29
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Takumi Sagaki!
After the fight, Takumi Sagaki was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.